Survival Guide

Survival Guide

October 18, 1995

REMINDER

DISABILITIES CONFERENCE. "Independent Living: Keeping the Dream Alive," the Peninsula Center for Independent Living's annual conference on disabilities, will be held from 8:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Monday at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Hampton. The conference will include guest speakers. Cost: $35. For information or to register, contact Donald Fennell at 827-0275.

FOR THE RECORD - Published correction ran Thursday, October 19, 1995.The "He said it" feature on page two of Wednesday's Local section included a quotation that referred to a story that did not run in Wednesday's editions. The story, about the Alan A. Diamonstein-Alan Face race for a House of Delegates seat, appears in today's Local section.

BY THE NUMBERS

VISITOR INQUIRIES. Visitor inquiries into the Virginia Department of Tourism office from the period of July 1994 through July 1995 have reached 542,678, up 2 percent from 1994's total, according to the department.

NEW KENT SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE LISA GILL. Meet New Kent County District 4 School Board candidate, Lisa Gill, for an informal exchange of ideas at Heritage Library in Providence Forge on Oct. 25 from 2-4 p.m. Refreshments served.

HAMPTON/NEWPORT NEWS LEAGUE OF WOMAN VOTERS. The league will sponsor a General Assembly candidates forum from 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 26 in the Hampton City Council Chambers. All contested candidates for the Senate and House of Delegates have been invited. The uncontested candidates may attend.

HIGHWAY HEADACHES

TRAFFIC HOT LINES. For information on closings and traffic conditions for Hampton Roads, call the Daily Press 1-Line at 928-1111 and enter category 7623 (ROAD). The call is toll-free throughout most of Hampton Roads. Other areas: Smithfield, 357-6594; and Gloucester, 1-800-981-6600.